Curtain-holder



(No Model.) V

O. E. H. KRAMER. OURTAIN HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 20, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

OTTO E. H. KRAMER, OF ST.-LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CURTAIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,000, dated February 20, 1894.

Application filed'J'une 16, 1893. Serial No. 477,848- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO E. H. KRAMER, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Holders, of which the following is a full,-clear, and exact description. 7

The improvements relates to holders which are employed inconnection with a curtainpole and its rings, and it consists in the special construction of the holder-part whereby the curtain can be detachably suspended in position but at the same time prevented from being accidentally displaced or detached, substantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed, aided by the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a view showing the curtainpole, one of the rings which are strung on the pole, the curtain, and the improved holder for attaching the curtain to the ring; only that portion of the construction which is es- I sential to an understanding of the improvement is exhibited, and the pole is shown in side elevation, the ring in vertical cross-section, and the curtain and holder in side elevation, and the parts being arranged as in use; Fig. 2 a view analogous to that of Fig. 1, but showing both pole and ring in eleva: tion as well as the holder, and omitting the curtain, and showing the hook-part of the holder turned into the position it occupies in connecting and disconnecting it from the lower portion of the eye-part of the holder; Fig. 3 a View analogous to that of Fig. 2, but showing the ring and holder only, and the hook-part of the holder in another of its positions; Fig. 4 a view at right angles to that of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, showing the ring and holder, the holder-parts being relatively arranged as in supporting the curtain; and Fig.

5 a view showing the eye-part of the holder in side elevation and the upper portion of the hook-part in section: the View is more especially for the purpose of showing the relative proportions of certain features of the holderparts. The last named view is upon an enlarged scale.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

. holder occurs.

A represents an ordinary curtain pole, and B one of the 'rings'used upon the pole.

0 represents the curtain.

D represents the holder in question. Considered generally, it is composed of an eye E which is attached to the ring, and a hook F which is supported by the eye and in turn upholds the curtain. The described parts are in practice made of wire. The main portion, e, of the eye is widened and beneath such widened portions the eye extends downward, in the form of a sub-eye e. The bottom-bars e c of the main eye e,are inclined as shown to the entrance, e to the sub-eye, and said sub-eye widens lielow the entrance theretosubstantially as shown. The book F has a point f, and a pin f. Said last named portion is similar in its construction and operation to an ordinary safety-pin. The hook is arranged at right angles to the pin, and its end f is widened and preferably to be wider than the main eye. The neck-portion, f of the hook, in the direction of the width of the hook, is preferably wider than the entrance 6 to thesub-eye of the eye E.

The operationof the improvement is indicated in the various figures of the drawings. To hang the curtain it is pinned to the lower portion of the hook and the upper portion of the hook is inserted in the sub-eye of the eye, substantially as shown in Fig.1. Nowif the curtain is accidentally disturbed no disengagement of the hook from the eye of the For the upper portion of the hook cannot well be lifted directly upward to pass into the main portion of the eye, but it must first be turned into the position indicated in Fig. 2, a position which the pin will notof'itself assume .even if the curtain is considered jostled or shaken. Furthermore, even were the hook to be dislodged from the sub-eye and raised into the position shown in Fig. 3, the pin would have to be further turned around horizontally to enable its widened portion to be disengaged from the main eye. That is, in disengaging and engaging the pin, it has to be turned vertically and also horizontally, and as such two movements are not at all likely to occur by acciand terminating at its lower end in the form 10 of a pin, substantially as described.

Witness my hand this 13th day of June,

OTTO E. H. KRAMER. Witnesses:

C. D. MOODY, A. BONVILLE. 

